University of Montpellier
Place Eugè ne Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest in France. In the Middle Ages, he became famous all over the world, thanks to his advanced discoveries in the field of medicine. Today, the university includes three large museums - the Anatomy Museum, Atzher and the Pharmaceutical Museum. The library of the university is a real treasure - more than one hundred thousand thematic books and 900 manuscripts are collected here.
Montpellier University was founded in 1220. Then Cardinal Conrad managed to get the approval of Pope Honorius III to establish a medical school. This was a turning point in the development of the school, because the patronage of such an influential person meant an absolute monopoly on the education and practice of medicine.
The most famous graduates of the university are Francois Rabelais and Nostradamus.